PE Portfolio Risk Mgmt / Diversification

Do PE professionals look at portfolio risk as part of their investment process? i.e. the sector / market risks and diversification to reduce those risks?

e.g. a consumer or airline focused PE fund seems riskier than generalist PE funds. Should Consumer Funds be subjected to a higher return?

e.g. if there's already a tech investment, an airline investment, an financial services investment within a fund, then there's a diversification argument to be had when looking at adding another airline or a totally different business.

Know that there's obv benefit of specialization that offset the diversification benefit. Just wondering if ppl ever think about it that way.

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